Olga's Adventures with chrissyandpaul

Olga arrived in style from Katib and came with some awesome goodies as well.

 There is a huge bag of skittles in the bottom of the box.....Olga and her turtle friend broke the bag open and they spilled everywhere.

Once Olga was settled in it was time for dinner, I decided after she ate all those skittles she should have a healthy dinner. Olga arrived just in time for us to enjoy our ONLY tomato of the season.

On August 22 we took Olga to her first Phillies game....unfortunately she didn't make it into the ballpark with us but she did get to see it when we were leaving. (I really did feel bad that she didn't get the full experience)

Next up was my RE appointment on August 23. I was hoping she would bring me lots of luck, but that wasn't the case. :( That pesty Olga revealed a cyst at the appointment.

August 23 was also me and DH's 4th anniversary so we decided to go to dinner. Of course Olga came along, we were heading to the Melting Pot and she was quite estatic. Her tube got a little too close to the fondue pot a few times. She was eager to eat all my food and drink my glasses of wine.

This concludes the end of Olga's stay with me. She will be heading to see Angel3082 next in NJ. I had a ton of fun with her and wish I was able to do more.

Olga Around the House & Goodbye Katib77

So Sunday Olga didn't have much of anything to do since I was off at work all day and DH came home so I left her to her own devices.  Surprisingly, she didn't get into much trouble.  Come Monday (::Insert Jimmy Buffett Song:::) we had the house to clean.  She was not very excited at the pile of dishes that had accumulated but someone has to do it!

No Olga, I'm not mocking you.  We just happened to have had spaghetti and I need to get bottles and cans cleaned out and ready to recycle.  Since my Stay-Puff Marshmellow man (in far upper right corner) usually watches  over the dishes, he was surprised to have company.  We folded laundry and did two more loads and dusted.  After all that cleaning and having worked the weekend....Olga was sweet enough while I was putting away the clothes to draw me a bubble bath complete with a lit candle!

She wants us all to remember that now and then we need a little me time.  Get a pedicure, do a little retail therapy, or take a long hot bath - whatever helps you relax!  TTC with IF is hard enough, don't ignore that you need down time.

And speaking of down time, she decided if I was going to spend an hour soaking in the bath that she would take a nap.  

I'm sure I look just as silly in the froggie sleep mask but with shift work sometimes it's just too bright out!

Well that's the end of my adventures with Olga.  We're heading out today to shop for ChrissyandPaul and back into the box she goes.  Hope to hit the post office by this afternoon (Tues. Aug. 14).  She's excited to see all Pennsylvania has to offer in her travels.   

Bye Everyone!  ~ Katib77

Ladies Night In

So Saturday night I took Olga out for a quick run to grab our dinner and a movie.  But first, since she had asked about Lake in the Hills, we made a stop at the top of the hill looking down at the lake.  I told her about how the chair at the bottom was where I spent a lot of time when I was a teen as this spot is one of two public beaches on the lake where I lifeguarded.  And see all those stairs going down? There are 64 of them.  I used to run up and down them for exercise when no one was swimming.  15 years later, I get tired just looking at them!  Olga agreed I should try to get back into shape.

No, Olga.  I'm too tired for a swim now.  But I do miss it.  Watching all the Olympics makes me want to get back into a pool or the lake.  But right now I'm very hungry!  So off we went to nearby Pan.da Ex.press.

OK, OK Olga.  Hope you like Orange Chicken because we're going to share. 

And then a stop at a Red Box.

I almost never see movies anymore so we had tons of choices. 

 We settled on "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and "The Vow".  

So back to the house for our night in.

I admit, I ate most all of the orange chicken and steamed veggies.  She was all about the fried rice and Rangoon I got.  But she was good about reminding me to take my Metformin with dinner.  So I popped in "Extremely Loud" and OMG I have never cried so much while watching a movie in my life!  It was very good, but trust me - if you are going to watch it, get a new box of tissues.

 

I sat on the couch and she was on the ottoman.  I think between the two of us we went through 15 tissues.  And we still have "The Vow" to get through! So we agreed we'd go watch that in bed in case one of us fell asleep.  Halfway through the movie we heard a loud bang below the bedroom in the garage and got scared!  I lived alone for 8 years before living with DH but after these last four years I found it a bit silly that I got freaked out being alone.  I gathered my courage and went to investigate and make sure all the doors were locked.  Wimpy Olga just hid in a basket of unfolded laundry!

 Finally we finished the movie and went to sleep.  Learned the next morning that for the first time ever, our garage got egged.  Really? Why of all nights did kids pick the one night my husband is not here? Oh well, Olga and I made it through the scare, because we are strong women!  She even agreed to guard the house while I went to work on Sunday.  

Olga's Day of work at Tar.get

So I had to work today from 8-3pm...and I decided to put Olga to work as a Team Member.  While I was busy managing the teenage cashiers at the check lanes, I sent her over to Star.bucks to help with the long line of people needing their morning cup of Joe.  Big Mistake!

So a Barista, she is not.  I decided it had gotten busy enough to send her out in the sunshine to help with bringing in the carts.  

Once the cart attendant told me Olga was slacking off by sunbathing in the grassy knoll I decided to put her to work in the clothing department.  But they complained that she wouldn't go to other departments in clothing. She was obsessed with the socks.  I guess since they are her traveling companions between the 3T ladies I shouldn't be surprised.  

So finally I decided to have her do paperwork in the office.  She's become comfortable around all 3T's furbabies that she's visited that she was sad to hear we don't have any.  But she did seem to like hanging out gossiping with the Tar.get See-Spot dogs at my bosses desk.

At the end of the shift, we headed home.  But her reward before we left?  A grande iced coffee!  

Since DH is out of town in Wisconsin golfing with the boys, she's excited for our evening plans of getting Chinese food and a movie from Red Box.  I'll share our adventures after that.  

(Can you tell I'm home alone and have tons time to myself?)

Arrived to Katib77's in Lake in the Hills

Olga arrived today at my house (Katib77)!  She's happy she had a shorter trip inside Illinois, but insists she was in my mailbox a day in the dark with no hands to open the Starburst candy to eat.  Thankfully that means they are all mine ::::bwahaha!::::::

Big thanks to Jschwind22 for a big HUGE bag of one of my favorite candies and a sweet new pair of socks for the up coming colder fall & winter months in Chicagoland.  Since my favorite color is blue; I have a ton I can wear these with.

My DH is going OOT on a golf trip this weekend with "the boys" so me and my girl Olga will be kickin' it ladies style.  I have to work during the day but I'm sure I can find something for her to do at Target while I'm busy with work.  More to come soon....

Just editted the MAP of Olga's Travels.  Think I got everyone in the general area.  Wow Olga, you've put some miles on!

Back!

Sorry it's been a few days since I've updated on my visit with Olga!  Work and life got busy and time slipped away from me!

We had a couple extra days while we waited for some info from Katib to make sure that Olga got to her safely.  Here's what we did together:

Olga help me sew!  She was scared at first of the needle, but she got over it.  She helped me make a nursing cover for my friend who recently had a baby.  Olga said it turned out pretty cute!

  

Then we had to say goodbye's to Olga's furry friends, since I was heading out of town.  I just knew they would be BFF before Olga's visit was over.  Spencer and Toto didn't want Olga to leave!

Olga finally got in the mail yesterday to Katib!  Sorry, I was out of town all weekend.  Olga was really excited to be having a shorter trip in the box, just to the other side of the state.  We had tons of fun!

So I got home from work late today and found that Olga was playing in my Wondfo's!  Silly Olga!

Olga has been less than impressed with being with me the past 2 days.  Work has been exceptionally crazy, so I haven't been around much.  She's also ready to get going to katib, so she's a little mad that I haven't gotten her ready yet.  Sorry Katib, Olga will be on her way soon!